ILI Group, alongside its joint venture partners, Abbey Group and Yoo Energy, has achieved planning consent for a 50MW energy storage project in Scotland.
The project, at Cathkin near East Kilbride, was unanimously approved by the South Lanarkshire Council planning committee on 16 August.
ILI Group is behind plans for 4GW of energy storage in Scotland, comprising 2.5GW of pumped storage hydro and 1.5GW of battery storage.
Mark Wilson, ILI Group CEO, said: “The Cathkin project takes us to our first 1GW of energy storage projects consented across 11 battery storage projects and our ‘Red John’ Pumped Storage Hydro project at Loch Ness.
“We are now ¼ of the way to our target of 4GW.
“We are currently preparing a 400MW portfolio of ‘ready to build’ battery storage projects that will be ready for the market later this year.
“A massive increase in energy storage is a crucial catalyst for the further growth of renewable energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels, Projects like Cathkin will help the UK realise its net zero aspirations.”